Morgan County AlArchives Biographies.....Flynn, P. H. 1861 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

  P. H. FLYNN, Dealer in Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds, Decatur, was born in
Worcester County. Mass., July 4, 1861, where he was reared and received his
early education. He graduated from the high schools of Worcester, and learned
the trade of draughtsman and cutter with Isaac Prouty & Co., of Spencer, Mass.,
one of the largest boot and shoe factories in the world. In 1882 he came to
Ohio, and was placed in charge of the cutting department of Ide & Wilson, of
Columbus, and remained with them for a year and a half. He was with Hugh
McKenzie, of Cincinnati, two years as Southern salesman, and with W. F. Throne &
Co., the largest shoe house in Cincinnati, Ohio, several years as Southern
salesman. In 1886 he made investments in Decatur, and in January, 1887, he
became one of the organizers of the Decatur Mineral Land Company, and
subsequently one of its directors, and a member of the executive committee. He
is also the originator and business manager of the Gateway Land Company;
treasurer of the Decatur Building and Supply Company, capital $25,000; one of
the owners of Casa Grande Stable, stock capitalized at $25,000, a magnificent
building of elegant and elaborate architectural design. Mr. Flynn is also a
director and was one of the originators of the Exchange Bank, capital $100,000:
a stockholder of the Decatur Land, Improvement and Furnace Company; the Electric
Light Company; a member of the Decatur Stock Exchange and Real Estate
Association, and the head of the firm of P. H. Flynn & Co.; also originator and
secretary of the Fairview Land Company, capital stock $375,000.

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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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